As part of its Tisha B Av remembrance, Glencoe s Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living will link the mourning of the destruction of the First Temple to the communal mourning over lives lost and shattered on July 4.
“Young Jews don’t need safe space; they need brave space an understanding of what it means to engage with Israel. But we can’t ask them to be advocates until they know something,” said Rachel Fish, founder of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism.
“Young Jews don’t need safe space; they need brave space an understanding of what it means to engage with Israel. But we can’t ask them to be advocates until they know something,” said Rachel Fish, founder of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism.
Thereâs a Jewish concept of âtikkun olam,â which in Hebrew means ârepairing the world,â and doing so in the pursuit of social justice, explained Igor Shteyrenberg, executive director of the Miami Jewish Film Festival.
In its 24th edition, the film festival â set for April 14 through 29, is introducing a new program that significantly represents the concept of tikkun olam.
The âBuilding Bridges/Breaking Barriersâ program was designed to demonstrate the power that exists in the connection of Black and Jewish communities during this time of rising racism and anti-Semitism, Shteyrenberg said.
âThe Miami Jewish Film Festival was built on diversity, inclusion and, especially, tolerance,â he said. âOpposing one form of racism means opposing all forms of racism and if we, the Jewish community, expect wider society to stand by our side in fighting anti-Semitism, then we must stand up and be counted when it comes to fighting racism towa